Gas-holder.



N0. 637,|0i. Patented Nov. l4; I899.

.1. m. ERTS &. J. MILLER.

GAS omen.

(Application filed Apr. 17, 1899-) (No Model.)

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH M. ERTS AND JOHN MILLER, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

GAS-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,101, dated November 14,1899.

Application filed April 17, 1899- erial No. 713,380. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH M. ERTS and JOHN MILLER, citizens of the United States, residing at Poughkeepsie, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in the generation of acetylene gas; and the object of the invention is to provide an improved form of holder for receiving the gas.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which the figure represents a central vertical section through the holder.

Referring to the drawing, A represents the water-chamber, in which the gas is generated, and B the gas-holder for the storage of the gas.

We divide the bell into two chambers C and D by a vertical diaphragm b, which extends below the water-line and forms two chambers.

The inlet-pipe E from the generator extends into one of these chambers, and the outletpipe extends from the other. An opening through the diaphragm above the water-line is closed by a filtering material e,which serves to efiectually prevent the passageof impurities. The'bell preferably carries a rack F, which meshes with a gear G, operating a suitable carbid-feed, whereby the rise and fall of the bell controls the feed of the carbid.

' We claim as our invention- A bell having a transverse partition forming inlet .and outlet chambers, and a filtering material occupying an opening in'said partition, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH M. ERTS. JOHN MILLER. Witnesses:

CHARLES A. HOPKINS, W. O. ALBRO. 

